“As a whole, the industry should do what every other industry should does, which is to look for talent and provide opportunity to everybody,” President Obama said. “And I think the Oscar debate is really just an expression of this broader issue of: Are we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot?”

Since Oscars nominations were announced earlier this month (and not a single actor of color was nominated), celebrities, activists and the like have been voicing their disdain for the Academy. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said that she would be introducing new policies to increase diversity by 2020, but a lot of people agree: too little, too late.